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Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions about buying stocks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. While we reserve our buy-hold-sell advice for Inner Circle members, these excerpts provide a great deal of information and analysis on stocks we’ve covered for members of Pat’s Inner Circle.

This week, an Inner Circle member asked about Empire Company, a stock that makes money from a variety of sources, including movie theatres. But its chief source of revenue is grocery chain Sobeys. Pat considers the reliable income generated by Sobeys’ stores against the threat of increased competition as more big-box retailers crowd into the grocery business.

Q: Hi: I have recently taken a small position in Empire Company. What do you think of their shares? Thank you.

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Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions about specific stocks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. While we reserve our buy-hold-sell advice for Inner Circle members, these excerpts provide a great deal of information and analysis on stocks we’ve covered for members of Pat’s Inner Circle. This week, we had a question from an Inner Circle member on one of the prominent Canadian stocks in the agricultural industry. This firm specializes in grain handling and other equipment and does the greater part of its business overseas, in the U.S. and countries of the former Soviet Union. The company is buying up small firms and Pat examines whether these acquisitions and today’s sophisticated farming methods provide steady growth in an industry that is traditionally cyclical and fickle. ...

Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions about specific stock market advice and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. While we reserve our buy-hold-sell advice for Inner Circle members, these excerpts provide a great deal of information and analysis on stocks we’ve covered for members of Pat’s Inner Circle. This week, one Inner Circle member asked about a Canadian stock that plays a unique role in the transportation and utilities industries. Stella-Jones has established a niche as a maker of railroad ties and telephone poles, and Pat looks at its ambitious expansion program into the United States and the risks of this growth-by-acquisition strategy. ...

Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions about specific stocks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. While we reserve our buy-hold-sell advice for Inner Circle members, these excerpts provide a great deal of information and analysis on stocks we’ve covered for members of Pat’s Inner Circle. This week, one Inner Circle member asked about one of the Canadian copper stocks operating in South America. This firm is developing a large copper, gold and silver project. But it’s in Peru, so Pat takes a close look at the additional political risk that faces mining stocks in that country....

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PLEASE NOTE: This is our last Hotline for 2012. Our next Hotline will go out on Friday, January 4, 2013. GOOGLE INC., $715.63, Nasdaq symbol GOOG, is selling its Motorola Home division, which makes TV set-top boxes and modems for cable companies. The company acquired this business as part of its $12.5-billion purchase of cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings in May 2012. The buyer is Georgia-based Arris Group Ltd. (Nasdaq symbol ARRS). When the deal closes in the first half of 2013, Google will receive $2.05 billion in cash plus $300 million of Arris’s common shares. That will give it a 15.7% stake in Arris....

PLEASE NOTE: This is our last Hotline for 2012. Our next Hotline will go out on Friday, January 4, 2013. RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD., $10.86, Toronto symbol RIM, reported a lower-than-expected loss in its latest quarter. Its revenue matched the consensus estimate. However, due to its falling share of the smartphone market, RIM has had to cut the fees it charges wireless carriers to use its proprietary messaging network. RIM earns higher profits from this service than selling hardware, so lower fees will hurt its profitability. That’s why the stock fell 22% today....

PLEASE NOTE: This is our last Hotline for 2012. Our next Hotline will go out on Friday, January 4, 2013. AMAZON.COM INC., $256.92, symbol AMZN on Nasdaq, and ADOBE SYSTEMS INC., $37.71, symbol ADBE on Nasdaq, are part of a 12-company consortium that is buying bankrupt Eastman Kodak’s 1,100 digital-imaging patents for $525 million U.S. Other members of the consortium include Apple, Google, Samsung, Research in Motion, Microsoft, China’s Huawei, Facebook and Fujifilm....

Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions about stock investing and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. While we reserve our buy-hold-sell advice for Inner Circle members, these excerpts provide a great deal of information and analysis on stocks we’ve covered for members of Pat’s Inner Circle. This week, one Inner Circle member wanted to know about Héroux-Devtek. This Canadian company has carved out a special niche for itself in the aeronautical business. Pat balances the drawbacks of operating in a highly cyclical industry against the company’s long-term contracts with military and commercial clients. ...

Wall Street Stock Forecaster Hotline. Friday, December 14, 2012 Dear client,...